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So, what do you think??

They could have done a lot worse.



At least she has the look.

i'm sorry but that was so funny

Harlepolis said:

Yes, very good choice, but it would be good to know can she deliver.

Whew! When I opened this thread, I expected to see a pic of Beyonce.

PricelessHo said:

It sounded like a jab

What kind of story are they possibly going to create about Aaliyah? Honestly is there really a need to go all out with a movie? I love Aaliyah, and still feel her last album was one of the best RB albums of the decade, but its like a "Selena" deal where there was a background to the story, a murder, a story behind the murder, which still really hasnt been told, but what can they really do with this? it was a plane crash nothing more.

I still love Aaliyah but I've never wanted to see a film version of her life. Don't know if there needs to be one really.

JackieBlue said:

I'm concerned about the R.Kelly thing

Will they open the cans of worms,,,,or let everything to be "cagey" again?

Harlepolis said:

Oh shoot, I forgot about that. I'm sure a lot of people want to know the deal on that.

Harlepolis said:

If the family is behind the film, which im sure they are, they wont do anything like that. Thats the same thing Selena's family did, ALOT of personal details were not brought out because at that point, its really just unfair to do. Its not like you are talking about Kurt Cobain having drug problems, we all knew he did, but digging into her sex life, and what happend or didnt, and the same with Selena would be poor taste.
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lastdecember said:

No honey, thats not just some insignificant info you skim through,,,,thats marriage(and her ONLY one in her lifetime, if I'm not mistaken) and a person who gave her the start of her career.

LaDiosa said:

It's gotten that bad!

Beside...

I thought the idea of a bio-pic is to show the FULL dimensional aspect of that person life - as opposed to just focus on the positive things.

Why go through all the trouble if you can't be objective?

Nothing is "poor taste" about truth. Esp when you make a movie about it.

If you want to be discreet, sit your ass home and don't make a movie.

Harlepolis said:

Agodamngree!

Harlepolis said:

But this would still have to be done with R's knowledge, you can open up a whole can of worms by saying shit about him, because he then in turn, can say shit about her, and turn this whole thing into a big back and forth "she chased me, you raped her" type thing, theres ALOT more details that will have to remain hidden because you just cant go there, if you do, you better be ready to be-little aaliyah.

lastdecember said:

And be-little him too. But thats not the point.

Like I said, its supposed to be full dimensional & objective. No sense of making the movie without setting the record straight on alot of issues. If those people ain't willing to get their hands dirty, they'll never get this done successfully. Otherwise, shelve the project all toghether.

To be honest? Thats the FIRST thing that will pop in people's heads when it comes to Aaliyah's life,,,,as dysfunctional as that may seem.

Harlepolis said:

Im not so sure that they will do that then, families choose more to protect at this point. They can always say full dimensional but who really knows if it is, "Selena" was full dimensional in its idea but when it came out, there were tons of things that people said werent even touched. The full-dimension in that movie was her home life and life with her husband, but they avoided ALL details of what her killers motive really was, or the relation she had with her killer. So i dont think this Aaliyah movie will go there, i think they will touch on it, but it will be a watered down version, like "Selena" with a great soundtrack and new songs discovered just to cash in.

lastdecember said:

Selena was bullshit IMO. Great acting,,,but the story is fluffed like cotton candy, make no mistake though, the audience are no fools.

I wanna see something like Ray. It wasn't detailed,,,but it showed sides of him that people weren't exposed to. Don't tell me something I already know.

And if her family wanted to protect her reputation, I'm sure they would've refrained from doing the project to begin with because it ALL boils down to that "thing" with R.Kelly anyway,,,and even if they watered it down, it will make people ask ?uestions again, speculate and air all kinds of shit,,,,which is WAAAAY worse than what you would expect from just setting the record str8.

But movie or not, the WHOLE deal will be leaked to the open sooner or later, mark my word. These things don't stay hidden for too long no matter how much you pay people off to keep it there.
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Harlepolis said:

Im never cool with putting shit out when people are dead, especially when they really cant defend themselves, the family can give "their" take but unless Aaliyah is playing the part and writing the script than its still all opinions of what people think. To me this would be like doing the "Luther" story, and putting in stuff about him being gay, now, that may have seemed obvious to his circle of close friends and family, but if Luther wanted it known he would have told us. I just feel the same way about Aaliyah, more so her than say Selena, because Aaliyahs death was an accident, though im sure they will point out different things, like the plane was too heavy, this that and the other, and they will speculate who wanted to go and who didnt, but im thinking an Aaliyah movie, to me as a fan, is just raising questions again that can never be answered, because you are missing the main person that can shed light.

lastdecember said:

Are you sure?

One's sexuality is not like marriage. People can hide their sexual preference for a lifetime, the other can't. I know what you're trying to say but those 2 issues are not similar.

Seriously though, I understand where you coming from, and I respect that you want to keep her memory safe.

But honestly, I don't really care about idealism when it comes to this subject like I said AGAIN, you wanna make a movie about somebody's life, you're bound to tell the truth, otherwise people will shrug that off,,,and in result, you wasted your time, energy and money.

And btw, the whole "don't speak ill of the dead" is just pointless,,,,dead people happen to be human beings with complex personalities and flaws like anybody else,,,pointing 'em out doesn't mean you're trashing their memories.

And if that will be a problem to you,,,I don't think you'll EVER watch a bio-pic/documentary about a certain dead artist and enjoy

LaDiosa said:

JackieBlue said:

I forgot about that too ... great, he gets more publicity..

I love me some Keyshia Chante

bboy87 said:

But can she sing?

Harlepolis said:

im not really speaking of the whole dont speak "ill" of the dead im more about, if these things were important, why was a movie never even thought of before. Its like doing stuff on John Lennon and pointing out that he was a bad father to Julian, but not to Sean, well this was known by everyone, but the reasons why he wasnt a good father the first time around cannot be defended because he's dead, its like anything can be said, which is fine, but its a one sided argument.

However i do usually watch movies of artists that i am into, but look at them as nothing more than someones take on them. Aaliyah to me, though i love her, is one of those more relevant in death than in life in terms of her affect on things, other than her relevance to family , friends etc. Later this year they are releasing "Slide Away" which is the Michael Hutchence story, which there again is filled with speculation, his death certificate says suicide and yet everyone that knows him says no way, he accidentally died during a sex act, but suicide sounds more romantic than he died doing a kinky sex act. But there again, who knows, he may have hung himself, and for a movie to say he did or didnt, its still opinion. My thought on these kind of movies is that people walk away thinking they got the 100% truth, and there is NO WAY you can have that.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

That doesn't matter!

How did Cher's ridiculous gimmick turn into standard recording fare for every fucking singer?

LaDiosa said:

Be vewy, vewy, qwiet. . .

SCNDLS said:

Yeah, don't go giving her any ideas.